Complaints from Liberals and some crossbench MPs come after watchdog asked to use illegally obtained recordings in ongoing investigation
The opposition leader, Mark Speakman, said on Thursday he would work to stop or change the powers to ensure they could apply to just the one Icac investigation.
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